With
Silversmote Ghoul
replacing
Bloodghast
, we can ditch
Life from the Loam
without feeling too bad, and with it, the expensive manabase dredge normally plays.
Running 12 mountains and 4
Graven Cairns
gives us roughly the same access to red mana as tier dredge lists, while 4
Dakmor Salvage
and the aforementioned Graven Cairns provides us with enough access to black mana in the mid-to-late game. Of note is the fact that
Graven Cairns
, unlike whatever B/R duals we might run, can filter black mana from
Dakmor Salvage
into the double red needed to escape
Ox of Agonas
.
On the other hand, having so few black sources means it can be difficult to side into early discard like
Thoughtseize
or budget replacement
Duress
. So instead we run
Stain the Mind
, which is slower but potentially more devastating against combo decks, and importantly can be cast off our recursive creatures.
Previously a downside of this deck compared to standard dredge was the lack of green sideboard cards, especially enchantment removal. However, for some reason, black now gets that in
Feed the Swarm
.
All said, Hyper-Budget Dredge is about as powerful as tier dredge, but at a tiny fraction of the cost. If you have any recommendations, please let me know!
